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Implementing LDAP authentication

The BMC Server Automation Authentication Service can authenticate users defined in an LDAP registry. To accomplish this, the Authentication Service uses the LDAP Service. When a user logs in and provides an LDAP distinguished name and password, the service uses that information to bind to an external LDAP server--that is, to connect to an LDAP server and authenticate a user. If the bind is successful, the Authentication Service issues a session credential with the user's distinguished name.

The following topics explain how to configure LDAP authentication:

 

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BMC Server Automation 8.2